Good Old North New South Wales

Just a quick update. I’m in Ballina NSW, just south of Byron Bay. The McDonald’s here had wifi, so I stopped to check my email. I spent last night in Coffs Harbor. The drive was very uneventful. This part of Australia is much more green and lush than what I saw in Victoria. From here …

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See Ya Sydney

The last few days have been an exercise in frustration. I’ve spent hours trying to upload video only have it end up in failure, I couldn’t get iMovies to export my video, and made a big screw up with Google. There are limits on how much time I can spend on photos and the website, …

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The YaYa Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants

As you may have noticed, this blog really isn’t a diary. I don’t like to narrative descriptions of every meal I ate and everything I did every day. Honestly, you’d be bored to tears. Traveling like I do isn’t like being on vacation. When you are on vacation, you try to cram as much rest …

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Backing Up Is Hard To Do

I spent the last few days doing nothing but burning DVDs. It was really boring and frustrating. I had a stack of 50 DVDs which I started with. About 20 of the 50 didn’t work properly. I purchased a smaller stack of 20 and about 6 of those didn’t work properly. I learned a valuable …

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The Shrines and Temples of Japan: Part 3, Nikko

If you haven’t yet, first read part one and part two. I had a reader ask me what she should do when she’s in Tokyo and I suggested a visit to Nikko. That reminded me that I never wrote the final party of my three part Shrines and Temples of Japan series. So, in the …

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Backing Up

The most valuable thing I carry around with me isn’t my computer or my cameras. It is my photos. I can replace any of the equipment I have, but I can’t replace the photos I’ve taken. That raises a pretty big problem for me. How can I make sure that I don’t lose the photos …

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Last Thoughts on Bali

My last words on Bali were rather negative. I was complaining about the street hawkers pushing things in your face and harassing you ever 15 seconds while you walk down the street. I stand by what I said, however, that isn’t the whole story when it comes to Bali, and I don’t want my last …

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All Seriousness Aside…

There are no things in life more serious than the internet and traveling. Put them together and you get something more serious than a heart attack in the middle of a church service. So I’m back in Sydney now where I can once again wear sandals and short and not worry about freezing. My goal …

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This Is My Last Blog Post Ever

Another Person Revels In Love For Others Only Loves Self.. – Plutaricart, 176 B.C. This website originally began as a joke. I never intended it would get this popular and would gain the following it has. As the months have passed I have had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. It is …

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